Rotary engine.



PATBNTBD MAR..13, 1906.-

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m 7 mui casing is preferably formed of two separable 3 citizen of tlie"fl,'iiited States, residing at Collingswood, in the county of (.famden and -new and useful Improvements in Rotary En? yskilled -in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

claimed..` in tl'ie"drawings, l.Figure ll is al'ongitudinal cording to this` invention.

lthe steam-buckets.

These bearings are preferably provided with ery. This steam-wheel is secured on an en- `tion ofthe tube. C.

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lfateinted.l March 1966.

lApplication filed July 27.1905. Serial No 271,533.

State of New Jersey, have invented certain gines; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others This'invention relates to .rotary engines ofj. the 'turbine or impact type; andit consists in the"novel 'construction and combination of the-parts hereinafter .fully described and sectionl through anengine constructed ac- I Fig. 2`1s a detail`v end vView ol4 the double coupling member.

scale; Fig. 4 is a detail side View of Vtwoof Fig. 5.is a plan view ofthe saine. l y l A is the cylinder or casing of the engine, which is. provided with a steam-inlet b and a' steam outlet or exhaust b. This cylinder or' sections orhalves, which are bolted or otherwise secured together.

B represents bearings on the cylinder or casing 'for the driving-shaft to revolve in. These bearings ai'c very long, andone of tlienr is preferably provided with an extension it.

bearing-bushes c, formed of z inftifric'tion inetal `and secured'in them. `(l-and l) are tubes wl'iichrcvolve inthe said bearing-buslics and which are provided with Ameans which prevent them from sliding longitudinally out of the said bearing-bushes.'` Any approved means l'or thispurpose may be used, such as the platesc.4 E is thevsteam-wheel which is arranged inside the said cylinder and provided-with aseries oll buckets e at its periph.-

lai'geinent fof the driving-shaft section F. This shaft-section' F is provided at 'diie end with an enlargeinentg, which is slidable in the tube l), and this enlargement g is provided with a clutch member g. The other end portion of the shaft-section l" isprovided with an enlargement It, vwhich is secured in any approved manner in the outer end por- \elutch member.

eu red in the middle part of the tube D in any approved manner, such'a's bv shrinking fthe `tube upon the -said doubleclutoh member.

The clutch member g engages with one end portionof the said double clutch member. 'J is a driving-shaft section, which is provided at one end withan enlargement j, which is slidable in the tube l) and whichjis provided ,with a clutch member j', which engages with 4l is a double clutch member, which is sethe other end portion of the .Said double Theiother end portion of the driving-shaft section .lis provided 'with an enlargement r, which issecured in any ap. .provedmanner in a. tube la', whichrevolves in astationary bearin K.

' r A fan-wheel, lair-propeller', or other similar driving -wheel M is jseenred on kan enlargement m on `the middle part of the drivingshaft section J. in the example shown in the ldrawii'igs a fan or propelleris provided which4 works in a casing/aand drives a blastl of air up a -deliveryepipe for any purpose tjo which an lair-blast is applicable.

Eachfhalf of thecylinder or casing A i'slpfro` [vided with a steain-distributing chamber 3,

and 4 represents tubes` which pass through these chambers. These tubes have hollow heads 5 on the inside of the cylinder and perfor-ations G, which communicate with vthe said steam-chambers. The other ends of the tubes are screw-threaded and project through the outer side walls of the said steam-chainbers. .Caps 7 are screwed on the projecting end portions of the said tubes, so that they are closed and held in position. Steam-jet nozzles 8 are screwed into the heads 5 and are arrar'iged in suitably-inclined positions so as l(.lovetailcd' stems 10, which are clamped be tween these said disks.- Each bucket has a top l1 and abottoin 12, which are connected by a'concavo-convex front face 13.. The interior face of the'bucket is concave, andthe face of each bucket closes the open rear part ofthe bucket next in front of it. The dove- IOO IIO

- the said shaft inside tailed stems 10 project from the bottoms 12 of the buckets, and the said buckets and stems are wedge-shaped, so that they fit to.- gether in a seriesaround the periphery of the steam-wheel.

The formation of the driving-shaft ermits the steam-Wheel and` fan-Wheel to iialanee themselves automatically. What I claim is- 1. The combination, with a cylinder provided With a long bearing on one side, of a tube journaled in the said bearing and provided with a double clutch member at its middle part, a driving-shaft member having an enlargement and a clutch member at one end. which is slidably connected with the said tube and one end of its double clutch member, a motor-Wheel secured on the said. sha` inside the said cylinder, and a second drivingshaft member provided with an enlargement and aclutch member which is slidably connected with the said tube and the other end of the said double clutch member.

2. The combination, with a cylinder provided With bearings, of tubes journaled in the said bearings, a clutch member secured in one of the said, tubes, a driving-shaft provided with an enlargement at one end Whiehis con'- neeted With one of the said tubes and which has an' enlargement and a clutch member at its other end Which engages slidably with the other said tube and clutch member, and a motor-Wheel mounted on the middle portion of the cylinder.

3. The combination, with a cylinder provided With bearings, of a tube journaled in one of the said bearings, a clutch member sebearings, of tubes journaled in the end bearings, a tube iournaled in the lmiddle bearing and provided with a d'ouble clutch member at its middle part, shaft-sections having enlargements at their outer ends which are connected with the said tubes in the end bearings kand having also enlargements and clutch members at their adjacent ends which engage slidably with the said tube and its double clutch men'zbei, a the middle part of one shaft-section, and a power-transmitting wheel or device on the middle part of the other said shaft-seetion- 5. The combination, with a cylinder havinCT a steam-chamber at its side, of a steamtube projecting through the said chamber and having a hollow head inside the said cylinder, a cap closing the projecting outer end -of the said tube, a steam-jet nozzle carried by the saidhead, and a steam-Wheel journaled inside the said cylinder.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM WYAND. Witnesses E. M. BOND, M. B. BROWN.

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